#songwriter

I find writing songs hard, because it does not come naturally to me. I never set out to be a songwriter or a singer. ↗

— Robert Wyatt

#come #does #find #hard #i

I've had offers to sign a record deal, but the people I've talked to have wanted to package me and have me meet with songwriters who've written stuff for Whitney Houston, that sort of thing. That's not at all my style. ↗

— Lukas Haas

#had #houston #i #me #meet

And this whole period of time of gradually working at being a better guitar player and songwriter have gradually led me to the point where I feel I'm doing a clearer representation of the thing that I've been feeling inside me since I was four years old. ↗

— John Frusciante

#being #better #clearer #doing #feel

It's my responsibility as a singer-songwriter to report the news. ↗

— John Mellencamp

#report #responsibility #singer-songwriter

Alan's publishing company was in the Brill Building, and of course, the Brill Building was where all the songwriters hung out because that's where all the publishers were. ↗

— Johnny Rivers

#because #building #company #course #hung

I know I'm not the best. I'm not the best singer, I'm not the best songwriter, I'm not the best player. ↗

— Kid Rock

#i #know #player #singer #songwriter

I always wanted to be known as a songwriter and not just a songbird. ↗

— Carly Rae Jepsen

#i #i always #just #known #songwriter

I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary. ↗

— Billy Joel

#competent #consider #extraordinary #i #i do

I don't have to compete in the charts. I can just be myself as a musician, a songwriter and play with the musicians that I really love. ↗

— Elton John

#compete #i #i can #just #just be

I don't think I'm a great songwriter, but I think I've learned a lot about it, and I don't think there's any one way to do it. I don't think I can control it at all. I can just kind of hope that it happens. ↗

— Norah Jones

#any #control #great #happens #hope